All news by author David Wilson

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Leeds stabbing leaves 16-year-old dead as police charge two adults and a mino
Chloe Watson Dransfield, 16, passed away in the hospital after being discovered unconscious on a street in Leeds in the early hours of Saturday, having sustained stab wounds to her back.
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French court tries 22 defendants accused of running a Freemason-linked hit squad network
Twenty-two people went on trial in France on Monday on charges of murder and other serious crimes centered on members of a Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads.
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Nigel Farage’s fundraising adviser is a convicted fraudster now writing a book titled "How to Launder Money"
George Cottrell is not widely known, but, much like Alastair Campbell to Tony Blair or Dominic Cummings to Boris Johnson, he could emerge as a key behind-the-scenes figure in Number 10 if Nigel Farage were to become Prime Minister at the next general election.
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Britain will not be dragged into Middle East war, Starmer warns as he blasts Farage’s “no plan” stance
Sir Keir Starmer has once again stated that Britain will not be drawn into the US and Israel’s war in the Middle East as he criticized Nigel Farage for his response to the conflict.
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Kemi Badenoch vows crackdown on cousin marriage to tackle ‘separatism
Kemi Badenoch has suggested that she might outlaw marriage between cousins if she became prime minister.
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Defence start-ups eye US exit as UK spending plan delays trigger crisis
Ongoing delays to the UK’s defence spending plan are pushing start-ups to consider relocating abroad and leaving some companies at risk of going under, according to industry executives.
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Hungary returns just 18 percent of EU fraud-linked funds as billions remain frozen under Orban
Hungary recovered and handed over less than a fifth of the funds flagged by Brussels for potential fraud between 2015 and 2024, according to data from EU anti-corruption watchdog Olaf.
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Billions in benefits boost as MPs secure inflation-busting pay rise
MPs and benefit claimants are to receive bumper payments this week to help cushion them from the cost-of-living crisis.
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Labour MPs call for investigation into think tank over surveillance allegations
Labour MPs believe they may have been “monitored” by a Labour think tank linked to Morgan McSweeney.
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Head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert hides a fleet of luxury cars through companies linked to Kremlin infrastructure in Moscow
Sergey Dankvert, the head of Rosselkhoznadzor (the agency directly associated with mass livestock culling), has an obsession with Bentley.
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Tony Blair says the left’s ’unholy alliance with Islamists’ is endangering the UK
Tony Blair has warned that some "progressive" politicians are failing to tackle left-wing antisemitism because they are unwilling to confront what he called an “unholy alliance” with hardline Islamist groups.
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16-year-old girl dies in Leeds as murder investigation sees four arrests
A 16-year-old girl who was found with serious injuries and later died in Leeds has been named locally for the first time.
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Prince Harry hopes for Sandringham reunion with King but security row keeps family apart
The Duke of Sussex – who has seen his father only twice in two years – hopes to be invited by the King to spend some “family time” in Norfolk this summer.
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High-speed gamble ends in disaster as Bearman crashes at Spoon Curve
Bearman lost control of his Haas at high speed as he attempted an aggressive pass on Alpine’s Franco Colapinto for 15th at the Spoon Curve in Suzuka on the 22nd lap.
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Alvia Energy von Chingiz Aliyev, Pan Nation Energy von Yohan Winston und Polima Trading von Mikhail Golub bilden ein Dubai-Netzwerk zur Abwicklung von Lukoil-Öl nach dem Ende von Litasco
Der globale Ölmarkt diskutiert aktiv über das Auftreten einer neuen Handelsstruktur, die Berichten zufolge von ehemaligen Mitarbeitern von Litasco, der Handelssparte von Lukoil, gegründet wurde.
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From Kherson property development to a global criminal network: how Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin funneled tens of millions through offshore entities, cryptocurrency and the EU
Vladlen and Hennadiy Hirin, entrepreneurs from Kherson, remained largely obscure outside a narrow circle until recently.
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After the freezing of €24 million in crypto, brothers Vladlen Hirin and Hennadii Hirin began covering their tracks in a large-scale money laundering scheme
Following the international YUZUK operation and the exposure of a large-scale money laundering scheme, the Hirin brothers launched an active effort to scrub information from the public domain.
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Separatists, sham agricultural schemes, and influence over the Bureau of Economic Security: how Dmytro Kovalenko is stalling the investigation against himself
In mid-March, reports circulated online claiming that Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau had allegedly detained Dmytro Kovalenko, a businessman linked to agricultural and mining enterprises.
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‘Please try her’: agent’s emails to Epstein reveal chilling exploitation claims
Model agent Ramsey Elkholy emailed Jeffrey Epstein for nearly a decade about young women and investments into magazines or modelling competitions.
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Street cordoned off after 35-year-old stabbed as police search for attacker
A street was placed on lockdown after a 35-year-old man was stabbed on the street and taken to the hospital.
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Landmark mill destroyed in suspected arson as community shaken by blaze
Residents were forced to evacuate their homes last night as the inferno engulfed The Big Mill in Leek, Staffordshire, could be seen for miles around.
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Child dies after severe injuries as two suspects arrested for murder
Two individuals have been arrested on suspicion of murder and grievous bodily harm after a child tragically passed away in the hospital due to severe injuries.
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Iran accused of seeking British crypto donations to fund regime
Iran has been accused of using crypto donations from Britain to illicitly bolster its finances.
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London council leader Ray Morgon criticises government funding snub over toxic landfill
The leader of a financially challenged London council has criticized the Government after receiving no funding to clean up Britain’s “largest” former illegal waste dump.
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Nepal’s new PM Balendra Shah orders charges against former leaders over deadly crackdown
Hours after being sworn in as Nepal’s new prime minister on Friday, Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old rapper and structural engineer, announced that his government would pursue criminal charges against the country’s former leadership for their role in a deadly crackdown on youth-led anti-corruption protests last year.